1. Go to the search box at the bottom left of your screen and search for This PC
2. In the computer tab at the top, select Map Network Drive
   
   
3. In the Drive drop-down menu, select an open letter (e.g. R)
4. In the Folder field type \\iowa.uiowa.edu\shared\researchdata\rdss_HawkID replacing HawkID with the RDSS owner's HawkID
   This could be your own or the HawkID of another user who has granted you privileges to their drive
5. Select Finish
   
   
6. To complete the process, you may need to login with your HawkID and password in the dialog box. Make sure to put HawkID@uiowa.edu or IOWA\(replacing 'HawkID' with your own HawkID) in the username field
   
   

1. Open Finder from the dock
2. Go to the Go menu at the top of your screen and select Connect to Server...
   
   
3. In the Server Address field type: smb://iowa.uiowa.edu/shared/researchdata/rdss_HawkID replacing HawkID with the RDSS owner's HawkID
   This could be your own or the HawkID of another user who has granted you privileges to their drive
4. Click the + button at the bottom left to add it as a favorite server and click Connect
   
   
5. Login with your HawkID@uiowa.edu and HawkID password to access the server
   Make sure Registered User is selected
   You may select Remember this password in my keychain
   
   

1. Ensure you have the samba-client package installed. It provides the tools necessary to mount remote Windows shares on Linux.
    
2. Run the following command: id
   This will output information about your user account and AD groups you’re a member of. You are only going to need the first two numbers for uid and gid.
    
3. Run the following command, replacing the bold variables:
   sudo mount –t cifs //rdss.iowa.uiowa.edu/share /targetdir -o user=HawkID,uid=uid,gid=gid
   
   Explanation of variables:
   share = the name of share you are trying to access (e.g. rdss_HawkID)
   /targetdir = the path to a directory on your local machine where you will mount this share. This directory must exist on the local machine in order to mount the volume.
   HawkID = your HawkID user name
   uid = the uid number from step 1
   gid = the gid number from step 1
   
   An example of how this would be typed out is:
   sudo mount -t cifs //rdss.iowa.uiowa.edu/rdss_HawkID /rdss_HawkID -o user=herky,uid=1234,gid=5678

Note: If you do not know the name of the share you are trying to mount, please contact your local departmental administrator or the ITS Help Desk for assistance.